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Slow Cabins | Unplug from your city life and enjoy the simplicity of nature at a secret location

16-8-2018

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Slow Cabins helps city dwellers recharging their batteries while staying in a stand-alone self-sufficient ‘silence hut’ to disconnect and rediscover the simplicity of unspoiled nature nearby ‘home’ (less than two hours’ drive from cities). With this off the grid concept the company wants to reshape the future of housing and hospitality in line with the latest societal and environmental challenges by:

• developing smaller, better and healthier mobile eco houses that are affordable and last longer.
• choosing qualitative (natural) materials, combined with clean ‘minimal impact’ technologies.
• integrating smart multifunctional designs, offering simple but high performances.

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Trends we spotted | Week 32

10-8-2018

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At hospitalitytrends.eu we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the smaller trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’.

This week, amongst others a link to an video about a watermelon ham, a vegan dish at Duck’s Eatery in New York City and a link to an article about all the National Food Day’s. We don’t celebrate that in the Netherlands and wonder when we will start celebrating these days! But also a link to an article about the new Avo restaurant in London and to an article about Starbucks that launched a 5p cup charge across all British outlets to cut plastic waste. And we’re wondering when we will receive the first ‘Christmas’ dinner offers by mail? Since we have read that Selfridges in London opened their Christmas shop during the last heatwave!

Click on the title if you would to read the full article. Enjoy reading!

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Cakes & Bubbles by Albert Adrià | Opens this November at Hotel Café Royal

9-8-2018

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After his successful pop up at Hotel Café Royal in 2016, the famed chef Albert Adrià– who built a gastronomic revolution alongside his brother, Ferran, at the legendary Michelin three-star elBulli – returns to London to launch a permanent site, ‘Cakes and Bubbles’, this November. Adrià, who was voted The World’s Best Pastry Chef by The World’s 50 Best Restaurants in 2015, runs an empire of restaurants which range from the perpetually sold-out avant-garde tapas bar Tickets, to Hoja Santa, a modern Mexican table that was awarded a star in the 2016 Michelin guide, and his lauded latest venture, Enigma. Cakes & Bubbles marks Adrià’s first bricks and mortar establishment outside Spain. Adrià comments “I believe London is the capital of the world, and I’m looking forward to this new challenge. It’s a project that excites me as a pastry chef – I’ve never opened anything specifically related to the sweet world. Our approach and menu will be a cross between the classical and contemporary. I am looking forward to bringing this concept to Hotel Café Royal, London’s only modern grand hotel and the place I feel I belong whilst in the city”.

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Trends we spotted | Week 31

3-8-2018

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At hospitalitytrends.eu we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the smaller trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’.

This week, amongst others about edible art, the most Instagrammable hotel in Spain and about the Hello Kitty train in Japan. Also, what if everything you bought had a label that told you where exactly your money was going?

Click on the title if you would to read the full article. Enjoy reading!

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International debut 010/020 dinners | Chefs and sommeliers from Amsterdam and Rotterdam to New York

31-7-2018

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The leading American culinary institute, the James Beard Foundation, invited Amsterdams’ and Rotterdams’ gastronomic top talents to serve a showcase of Dutch metropolitan gastronomy in New York. After five successful editions in the Netherlands, the special concept of 010/020 dinners, in which Amsterdam and Rotterdam restaurants cook together, takes the step abroad. Cooking will take place at the James Beard House on October 24 2018 , but on September 9 you are able to try some of the dishes at Kaagman and Kortekaas at their fundraiser dinner.

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Mooie Boules Amsterdam | Has the ambition to get everybody in the Netherlands to play jeu de boules

30-7-2018

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Mooie Boules (Dutch for ‘Beautiful Boules’) in Amsterdam East is the very first food hall in the Netherlands with a unique mix of the game jeu de boule, drinks, food and dancing. At the end of June Mooie Boules opened its doors, this indoor hall is a hotspot for a group outing with friends, family or colleagues. Besides jeu de boule you are able to enjoy live music, a drink and a bite of one of the six food concepts of Editions kitchens from Deliveroo, which offers six restaurant concepts from two award-winning chefs: Ron Blaauw (a.o. Gastrobar) and Michiel van der Eerde from BAUT. The dishes of the chefs are delivered exclusively to customers of Deliveroo and are available to visitors of the pétanque hall in Amsterdam East. Mooie Boules is open daily from 4 pm and in the weekend from 11 am. Every Friday and Saturday they are open until 3 o’clock and then there will also be a DJ.  

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Trends we spotted | Week 30

27-7-2018

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At hospitalitytrends.eu we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the smaller trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’.

This week, amongst others about self-guided tours at the Louvre, narrated by Beyoncé and Jay-Z and ‘Pool is Cool’ in Brussels, they try to re-introduce open air swimming here. With the current heatwave in Northern Europe we sympathize with them! And a set menu yakitori counter from Tokyo (Torishiki, * Michelin star) will be opening in New York in 2019. Just guess how much you have to pay for chicken skewers here! Gold leaf ice cream has been spotted in London as well!

Click on the title if you would to read the full article. Enjoy reading!

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¡Arriba! | Restaurant Ceviche throws a fiesta for Peruvian Independence Day

26-7-2018

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On 28th July, Ceviche Old St, Martin Morales’ award-winnning Peruvian restaurant, music venue and art gallery in the heart of East London, is throwing open the doors and pouring out the pisco sours for the Peru Independence Day Fiesta. Martin will bring together the diverse flavours of coastal Peru, the mountainous Andes, and cosmopolitan capital Lima for a celebratory feast, with DJs including Martin himself manning the decks late into the evening.

Inspiration: throwing a party on a national celebration day or another local fest if you have a restaurant or club, might cause some excitement around your brand! A small list of fiesta’s from around the world.

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Trends we spotted | Week 29

20-7-2018

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At hospitalitytrends.eu we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the smaller trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’.

This week, amongst others about Lucuma the new superfood from Peru and if you’re going to London and love the food from Wagamama, check out their Noodle Lab at Dean Street. We also read that Starbucks and McDonalds join forces in the NextGen Cup Challenge.  And Mosa Meat wants to put cultured meat into the Dutch market in 2021.

Click on the title if you would to read the full article. Enjoy reading!

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Pulitzer Pride VIP deck | During the Pride boat parade in Amsterdam

17-7-2018

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During the well-known boat parade of the Amsterdam Pride on August 4, the Pulitzer hotel Amsterdam will accommodate an exclusive “Pulitzer Pride VIP Deck” on the Prinsengracht. In honor of the Canal Parade, a 30-meter long pontoon will be built on the Prinsengracht right in front of the Pulitzer Amsterdam, where guests will have a first-class view of the parade for an unforgettable experience.

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